Production of electric energy from sea waves

Abstract

A power plant using sea waves comprising a float, a horizontal shaft. The float ( 1/1 ) of a spherical or cylindrical shape made with plastic or metal material, empty filled with ballast, floats half emerged and transfers the wave vertical motions to a vertical metal beam ( 1/2 ) which can be increased or decreased in order to deal with the tidal changes of the sea level. The vertical beam is attached with knuckle joins, at one end with the float and at the other with horizontal beam of rectangular metal triangle which transfers the vertical motions at the horizontally moving forwards and backwards saw ( 1/5 ) with the two chains ( 1/6 ) and ( 3/20 ) which rotate two pairs of gears each gear of a pair to the diametrically opposite side, so that with every movement one gear produces action while the other gear of the pair moves freely. The gears rotate the horizontal shaft which is fitted on them ( 3/8 ) and the shaft gives motion to the generator.

1. Production of electric power from the vertical motions of the sea mass characterized by a device based on shore in a natural, artificial pier or a breakwater, the device consisting of a metal or plastic cylindrical float ( 1 / 1 ) kept afloat half emerged, protected from side pressures and horizontal movements of the sea water inside a metal frame consisting of four vertical metal railway rails firmly fixed on the walls of the recess of the pier, this float being free to move vertically, sliding up-down following the motions of the sea surface, the motions of the float being transferred to a mechanism that converts the vertical motions to rotational ones, this mechanism consisting of two sections, the metal rectangular triangle ( 1 / 3 ) with its 90° corner founded in the edge of the pier inside the recess ( 1 / 4 ) shifts up-down, the other corner towards the sea being connected with the upper end of the intermediate vertical metal beam of the float ( 1 / 19 ), and the third corner of the triangle is connected to an additional metal arm ( 15 ) that acts as an intermediate between the metal triangle and the metal construction, having the shape of a reverse saw which in the place of the metal blade has two chains ( 3 / 20 ), these chains transferring the vertical motions of the float to two one-way gears ( 3 / 20 ) fixed side-by-side, one next to the other, in a common shaft ( 3 / 8 ), these gears rotating dynamically towards one direction and freely towards the opposite direction, the upper perimeter of gear A ( 3 / 20 ) embracing one chain and the bottom perimeter of the gear B embracing the other chain in such a way that in every motion of the sea surface, up or down and of any length, the shaft rotates on the same direction and activates the electrical generator. 
     
     
       2. Generation of electric energy from the waves of the sea according to  claim 1 , characterized by the fact that the vertical metal beam ( 1 / 2 ) attached to the float can either be increased or decreased in its length, so that the distance of the float from the horizontal end of the beam of the triangle can be modified to adapt with tidal changes of the sea surface level. 
     
     
       3. Generation of electric energy from the waves of the sea according to  claim 1 , characterized by the fact that when the float is made from plastic material, in the interior in its bottom has endings in order that, float, ballast and the beam is to become one body. 
     
     
       4. Generation of electric energy from the waves of the sea according to  claim 1 , characterized by the fact that the two rectangular beams of the metal triangle are connected with a third beam parallel or which coincides with the hypotenuse of the metal triangle which can be immobilized in the up or down positions of the float in cases of damage, of maintenance or extreme weather conditions while protective doors positioned on the front side towards the sea open part of the recess, are automatically closed. 
     
     
       5. Generation of electric energy from the waves of the sea according to  claim 1 , characterized by the fact that by installing many units in parallel and side by side we permit the converters to act independently one from the other in its own generator or to act in combination with two or more units in a common shaft of a common and more powerful generator.